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01-01-2021 | Coma | Letter to the Editor

Severe acquired brain injury and high specialty neurorehabilitation needs

Author: Rita Formisano

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 1/2021

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The original definition of severe acquired brain injury (sABI), according to the Italian Guidelines of Rehabilitation, published in 1998, was the following: “a neurological condition due to a severe acquired brain damage with a coma lasting at least 24 hours, according to a Glasgow Coma Scale equal or lower than 8 and/or complex and severe neurological disabilities treatable only in high specialty neurehabilitative wards” [1]. …

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Title: Severe acquired brain injury and high specialty neurorehabilitation needs
Author: Rita Formisano
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Coma
Neurorehabilitation
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04587-z

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